Home Health Line
05/14/2012

The government seems to be taking a tougher line on beneficiaries who accept money to pose as bona fide home health patients. 

05/14/2012

Adopt disease management protocols for heart failure patients on high-risk medications to benefit from hospitals’ increasing focus on readmission penalties. 

05/14/2012

Beware of physicians who try to charge you a fee for completing face-to-face encounter documentation. 

05/14/2012

Make sure you know how to complete Medicare’s 855A enrollment form to avoid losing your billing privileges if you miss your revalidation deadline.

05/14/2012

Starting Oct. 1, home health agencies and hospices must use occurrence code 55.

05/14/2012

Use this chart to help you determine your agency’s indirect ownership when you file form 855A. The tool was created by HHL and William Cuppett, CPA and managing member at The Health Group in Morgantown, W. Va.

05/08/2012

Give this HHS opinion letter to physicians who want to charge you for completion of face-to-face encounter documentation or other aspects of the certification.

The letter outlines HHS' stance on such charges, making it clear that they're considered a violation of the anti-kickback statute.

05/07/2012

Get ready to remind your referring physicians about enrollment in the provider enrollment, chain and ownership system (PECOS) or face denials.

05/07/2012

Make sure your agency knows how to navigate the appeals process when you get a denial due to improper physician documentation on the face-to-face form. A successful appeal could mean the difference between thousands of dollars you lose or keep.

05/07/2012

If a therapy patient experiences a sudden change in condition that makes it impossible to meet the 30-day reassessment deadline, the reassessment can be delayed if you get a physician order to stop therapy, CMS says.

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